The Co-op Experience

Undergraduate Degree Programs

With education’s growing emphasis on school-to-work programs, it is essential that prospective teachers experience the world for which they will be preparing their students.

Drexel is a leading pioneer in experiential education and one of the only educational institutions that places students in a six-month cooperative education (co-op) experience related to their area of interest. Students in the Bachelor of Science in Education program who are seeking certification in chemistry, for example, might co-op with a chemical firm.

Students generally participate in co-ops during the fall and winter terms of their sophomore year and gain an invaluable opportunity to integrate their classroom work with practical experience before they graduate. The placement provides access to resources that can inform the student’s teaching and also provides summer job opportunities for the prospective teacher.

Drexel’s Plan of Cooperative Education is based on paid employment in practical, major-related positions connected to each student’s abilities and related area of interest.